But not exactly sure what may have fried....so I'll just do what I normally do, ask here for advice/past-experiances.
Anyway, I had my PC power-off on me during installation of Halfe-Life2:Episode1 today, but brushed it off as for some reason my PC likes to do that for some whenever I click an "Ok" button regarding game-installation screens.
(has happened in 4 other games so far for me)
Then it shutoff after I just rebooted my PC to re-finish installation, it shut off...
Again, booted it up, everything works fine, but after playing awhile between 2 games, my PC just decides to die, being unable to boot back up, and letting off a smell that had to make me evacuate the room before I tossed the cookies..
[EDIT] That smell actually began about 10min before it did completely die on me actually, but it wasn't nearly as bad. [/EDIT]
Anyway, the PC wont boot up at all now, so I think I've narrowed down the busted device to either the PSU, or the CPU, but I'm unsure which, as the mobo light does light-up when the power-cord is plugged into my CPU....
I did monitor the temperature earlier after the second shut-off, CPU temp seemed normal (40-50C) for the current outside temperature (not to mention humidity, god I hate that), although the side-panel of my PC was pretty damn warm when I took it off after my PC wouldn't boot up.
Guess I should also mention there were other times it just shut-off without notice in the past as well in a non-gaming situation....maybe that was an early indicator of something dying, you guys got any ideas?
In the meantime, going to let the fans in my room air-out the smell, makes me nauseous.....then I'll get a close look at the CPU, since that's easier to remove then the PSU. ;/
Anyway, I had my PC power-off on me during installation of Halfe-Life2:Episode1 today, but brushed it off as for some reason my PC likes to do that for some whenever I click an "Ok" button regarding game-installation screens.
(has happened in 4 other games so far for me)
Then it shutoff after I just rebooted my PC to re-finish installation, it shut off...
Again, booted it up, everything works fine, but after playing awhile between 2 games, my PC just decides to die, being unable to boot back up, and letting off a smell that had to make me evacuate the room before I tossed the cookies..
[EDIT] That smell actually began about 10min before it did completely die on me actually, but it wasn't nearly as bad. [/EDIT]
Anyway, the PC wont boot up at all now, so I think I've narrowed down the busted device to either the PSU, or the CPU, but I'm unsure which, as the mobo light does light-up when the power-cord is plugged into my CPU....
I did monitor the temperature earlier after the second shut-off, CPU temp seemed normal (40-50C) for the current outside temperature (not to mention humidity, god I hate that), although the side-panel of my PC was pretty damn warm when I took it off after my PC wouldn't boot up.
Guess I should also mention there were other times it just shut-off without notice in the past as well in a non-gaming situation....maybe that was an early indicator of something dying, you guys got any ideas?
In the meantime, going to let the fans in my room air-out the smell, makes me nauseous.....then I'll get a close look at the CPU, since that's easier to remove then the PSU. ;/